Darrell Dorrell is a founding partner of financialforensics®, a boutique forensic accounting practic in Lake Oswego, OR. He practices in civil and criminal matters throughout the US and has served as an expert witness/consultant in 500 +/- matters; additional assignments exceed 1,000 +/-. They include alter ego, anti-trust, bankruptcy, breach of conduct, estate/gift taxes, family law, fraud, fraudulent conveyance/transfer intellectual property, lost profits, patent, solvency/insolvency, trademark, trade dress, and trade secrets.
A nationally recognized speaker and author, Darrell has delivered more than 100 presentations on forensic accounting-related topics during the last 5 years. He has provided training to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of Justice (USDOJ), Bankruptcy Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association, Washington Bar Association, National Litigation Support Services Association (NLSSA), American Instistute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA), PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Securities and Exchange Commission, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, Institute of Management Accountants, International Law Enforcement Auditors Association, SEAK, CPAA International, Inc., AGN, Inc., Turnaround Management Association, and the Alaska, California, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Virginia and Washington Society of CPAs, among others.
Darrell has published more than 60 articles in the American Journal of Family Law, Business Appraisal Practice, CPA Journal, Litigation Counselor, National Litigation Consultants Review, Valuation Examiner, RIA's Valuation Strategies, and the United States Attorneys' Bulletin. Additionally, has has been cited in Bloomberg Wealth Manager, Business Week, IR Magazine, the Portland Oregonian, the Practical Accountant and "Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives", a New York Times best-seller.
His financial forensics, forensic accounting, investigative, damages, valuations, fraud, and related expertise is extensive. Most significantly, developed the Forensic Accounting/Investigation Methodology© (FA/IM©), and he co-authored for the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ) the March 2005, Vol. 53 No. 2 issue, i.e. Financial Forensics I - Counterterrorism: Conventional Tools for Unconventional Warfare, and the May 2005 Vol. 53 No. 3 issue Financial Forensics II - Forensic Accounting: Counterterrorism Tactical Weaponry. Both issues are available via the public site: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/foiamanuals.html.
Instructor of:
- Forensic Accounting Academy™
- Forensic Accounting for Valuation, Auditing, Litigation and Fraud Practitioners - Tips, Tricks, Tools and Techniques©
- Forensic Accounting Clinic©